I think some people who study Buddhism, or even other religions, are very worried about them. Many people later learn to be nervous, because they don't start with the basics of being a human being, and they can't do it well, so how can they learn Buddhism?

Now there are also advocates of human Buddhism, Buddhism is originally on earth, not in heaven. If you want to talk about human Buddhism, you must first learn to be a human being, and then you can be regarded as a human being.

"Subdue the foreign school and destroy the demons." If you can avoid evil and open up good, you can "subdue foreign learning and destroy evil resentment".

Whether it is a demon or a ghost, they are all afraid of good people, and if you do good deeds, your masculinity will be great. I have an old friend who goes to the legendary haunted places, and even burns incense to ask the ghost to show him, but he has never seen a ghost in his life. Because his yang energy is too strong, he always does good deeds. If you do evil, the yin qi will be heavy, and the demons will be attracted to you. A person who doesn't play cards will have someone who often come to play cards for him? The principle is the same, they are all looking for similar interests.

"Cultivate Bodhi, settle in the dojo, and practice the deeds of the past." Bodhi is enlightenment, and all places are dojos. Many people complain that they don't have a good cultivation environment, and tell you that when I first came to the Central Plains, I ran out of money and goods one night. I had to rent a small room to live in, and I ate on it. When I meditate, as soon as I clear the table, I climb up and meditate, which is my ashram, dining room, and study. The rich and the poor can live the same. Sometimes I know that there will be no rice tomorrow, and there will be six or seven hours from tonight to tomorrow, so I will go to bed first, regardless of tomorrow's rice! It will come naturally, maybe a big earthquake in the middle of the night will go down or something, what's the hurry? This is the "Shelter Dojo". If you want to learn the Tao when the environment is right, our environment here is very good, why are there not many people who are really learning the Tao?

Therefore, don't pick a time and place for your practice, no matter where you are, as soon as your mind is settled, you will be right, and you will "settle in the dojo", and you don't need to ask for anything else. To be able to do this is to follow the footprints of the Buddha and to learn Buddhism. If you can't "walk the trail of the Buddha" and follow the path taken by the Buddha, no matter how much you listen to the scriptures, it will be useless.

"World-honored One, if there is a recitation, such as a practitioner, I should make offerings with all my dependents. The settlements and cities, the mountains and forests and the wilderness, there are places where I pass, and I and my dependents have listened to the Dharma and gone to their places together. "This is the vow that Shatihuan made to the Buddha, if someone is held to recite this sutra in the future, according to the practitioners, I will lead the heavenly soldiers and generals, provide for him, and serve him. Whether it is in the city, in the countryside, in the mountains and forests, in the wilderness, as long as there is a place for this sutra, we will listen to the Fa.

I have a copy of the Vimala Sutra here, have you seen them? Be careful, maybe it's right behind you! So don't let your mind be confused. Nowadays, science can already illuminate your thoughts, and if you have evil thoughts or good thoughts, the color of the light will be different, and when you sit up, there will be different colors, and you will know it at a glance.

"Let those who do not believe let him believe, and let those who have believed be his protection." Where this scripture is, if there is a person who does not believe much, we will influence him and give him faith. For those who have gained faith, we will protect him.

Buddha said: Good! Wonderful! Emperor of Heaven, as you say, I help Erxi. The Buddha listened to Shaktihuan's vow, praised him, and rejoiced for him, which is to rejoice in merit. So the Buddha is still making merits.

This sutra speaks of the Buddhas of the past, future, and present, and it is inconceivable that there are three bodhisattvas. This sutra is an inconceivable method for all Buddhas of the past, future, and present to achieve enlightenment.

If a good man and a good woman are held to read and recite the sutras to support the Buddha, then they will make offerings to the Buddha. I just said that we must learn from being a human being, and we must learn to do good deeds, so that we can be called good men and good women, and only then can we have a foundation for humanity and be qualified to study Buddhism. Don't let go of the words in the Buddhist scriptures easily, good men and good women are to start from humanity. Therefore, if there are good men and women in the future who can be sustained and recite this sutra to make offerings, it will be equivalent to making offerings to all the Buddhas of the past, future, and present.